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Hemant Badri will lead Flipkart's artificial intelligence transformation charter, as the Walmart-owned e-commerce giant intensifies its push as an 'AI-first' organization, CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy has said in an internal e-mail. Badri - who is SVP and Head of Supply Chain, Customer Experience & Re-Commerce at Flipkart - will focus on identifying and operationalising the business use cases where Al can drive the most impact, working in partnership with Balaji Thiagarajan, who will continue to provide strategic direction for the One Tech org and lead the technology strategy and engineering efforts for an Al-native Flipkart. Krishnamurthy's note to employees, seen by PTI, emphasised the need to build on AI to "lead in next decade" as the industry landscape evolves rapidly. An e-mailed query to Flipkart for comments did not elicit a response. In his communication to staff, Krishnamurthy said: "To drive this with speed and scale, I am pleased to share that Hemant Badri will lead this ..
E-commerce firm Flipkart on Monday announced the appointment of Smita Ojha as Vice President of Engineering and Amit Sharma as Vice President of Program Management. The appointments are aimed at scaling the company's core technology and fuelling long-term value creation, Flipkart said in a statement. Ojha will lead the Central Platforms Group (CPG) within Flipkart's OneTech organisation. She brings over two decades of experience and joins from Mindtickle, where she served as Senior Vice President of Engineering. OneTech is Flipkart's unified product and technology organisation responsible for building and operating all digital experiences across the company. Sharma will head the Technical Program Management charter for OneTech. With over 25 years of corporate experience, he previously served as a Director at Amazon and has held leadership roles at Accenture and WNS. "As we enter our next phase of growth and accelerate our AI-native evolution, investing in strong leadership across
E-commerce major Flipkart on Friday said its Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Sriram Venkataraman will be stepping down from his role. Venkataraman will remain with the company "for a period of time" to ensure continuity and a smooth transition, a company statement said. During this interim period, Ravi Iyer, CFO of Flipkart, will oversee the broader finance organisation, the statement added. Alongside the top-level transition, the Walmart-backed firm announced the appointment of Nishant Verman, who is rejoining the company as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Partnerships. Verman returns to Flipkart following his entrepreneurial venture, Bzaar, a cross-border exports platform. He has previously worked with Microsoft's Corporate Development team and in tech investment banking at Morgan Stanley. Established in 2007, the Flipkart Group includes companies such as Flipkart, Myntra, Flipkart Wholesale, Cleartrip, and super.money.
Bangalore Milk Union Ltd president D K Suresh on Saturday claimed that e-commerce giant Flipkart is selling milk for Re 1 through "investor-funded discount campaigns", accusing it of undermining the dignity of farmers and the cooperative movement built over decades. He has lodged a complaint against Flipkart before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and also written an email to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking investigation into "predatory pricing" of milk by the quick commerce platform and its impact on dairy farmers and cooperative institutions. However, Flipkart said in a statement that it periodically runs limited promotional campaigns on select products available on the platform, often in partnership with banking partners, to enhance customer value. "Prices of products on the Flipkart marketplace are determined by individual sellers. All dairy partners and sellers continue to receive their full agreed price for the products they supply, and farmer procurement prices